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I would likely attend and present work on lower limb impact loading. ----- Original Message ----- From: "A.Staley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: One day meeting on "Designing Equipment for Body Protection" Institution of Mechanical Engineers Structural Technology and Materials Group It is proposed to organise a one-day meeting on 'Designing Equipment for Body Protection' at the Institution Headquarters in London, round about Easter 2002. Topics to be covered include: 1.Mechanics of impact of the human body against 'flat' and 'sharp' objects. 2.What is it important to guard against - impact velocities, mass, force, impulse, energy, momentum? 3.What is transmitted with and without body protection (how good is nature's flesh and fat covered bone against damage/fracture?) 4.What damage to vital organs of the body can be tolerated? 5.What damage is short term and what is long term? Applications range across a wide field from protection for the aged (hip fractures) to sports injuries of all types, to police stab- proof vests and so on. Is this of interest to you? Would you attend? Would you have a paper to submit? Further details from Professor Tony Atkins Department of Engineering University of Reading Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AY Tel: 0118 931 8562 Fax: 0118 931 3327 email: [log in to unmask] Amanda Staley Sports Science, Engineering & Technology Network Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Sheffield Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD Tel: 44 114 222 7891 Fax: 44 114 222 7855 www.sportsetnet.org.uk